WEBVTT thingA LOCAL ORGANIZATION SAYS IT ISHOPING TO CLEAR UP THENEGATIVE ATTENTION PIT BULLSGET.THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER AFOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HOUMAWAS ATTACKED AND KILLED BY A PITBULL POLICE CALLED A QUOTE'MONSTER.' THE ATTACK HAS RE-KINDLED AN ALREADY HEATEDDEBATE ABOUT PIT BULLS...ANDWHETHER THEY'RE DANGEROUS.WDSU NEWS REPORTER BLAKE HANSONIS LIVE AT TEN WITH MORE ON HOWPEOPLE STAND ON BOTH SIDES OFTHIS.RACHEL -- THE ATTACK THIS WEEKWAS THE THIRD AND ASMANY YEARS. IN 2012, A HAMMONDCHILD WAS ATTACKED BY ANEIGHBOR'S DOG. LAST MARCH, AWESTWEGO WOMAN WASATTACKED BY THREE DOGS, SOSEVERELY, SOME OF HER LIMBS HADTO BE AMPUTATED. A LOCALPITBULL ADVOCACYORGANIZATION SAYS THE ATTACKSARE RELATIVELYRARE...BUT WHEN THEY DO HAPPENTHEY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION.natsNO MATTER THE BREED. nats PETSOF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES LINED UPSUNDAY FOR A FULLSERVICE. we offer low costvaccinations and spayneuter services, heartwormtestingTHE CLINIC IS ONE OF SEVERAL PUTON YEAR-ROUND BY THE SULAFOUNDATION. STARTED IN 2008 --THE ORGANIZATIONPROMOTES RESPONSIBLE PITBULLOWNERSHIP.I felt like it was reallyimportant to show that pit bullsare members of people's familiesand thatpitbulls are affectionate BUTSOME HAVE QUESTIONED HOWAFFECTIONATE PIT BULLS ARE ON AWEEK LIKE THIS -- AFTER HOUMAPOLICE SAY THIS 130 POUND PITBULL ATTACKED AND KILLEDFOUR-YEAR-OLD MIA DEROUEN.SULA FOUNDATION FOUNDER KENFOSTER SAYS WHAT HAPPENEDIS TRAGIC...BUT HE SCRUTINIZESLABELING THE DOG A PIT BULL...SAYING ITS LIKELY THE LARGER"AMERICAN BULLY".its two, three or four times thesize of the pit bulls we mostcommonly seeUNBIASED INFORMATION ON BITESTATISTICS IS HARD TO FIND.BUT STUDIES FROM THE AMERICANTEMPERAMENTTEST SOCIETY HAVE FOUND 86.8PERCENT OF PIT BULLS PASSEDTHEIR TEMPERAMENT TESTS. AHIGHER PROPORTION THANCOLLIES, BEAGLES OR GOLDENRETRIEVERS.I grew up and we had pits mywhole lifeVETERINARIAN DR. ROLLIE NORRIS-- A VOLUNTEER AT SUNDAY'SCLINIC --SAYS IN HIS EXPERIENCE IT'S LESSLIKELY THE BREED AND MORELIKELY THE UPBRINGING ANDENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD LEADTO AN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. Ijust think that a lot of it isyou know, how the dogs arehandledTHAT'S IN PART WHY THE SULAFOUNDATION HELPS NEWOWNERS AT CLINICS LIKE THIS.LOCATING DISCOUNTEDOBEDIENCE CLASSES...SO THEYUNDERSTAND THERESPONSIBILITY NO MATTER THEBREED.its important for people tounderstand when you have a dogthat you need to be responsiblethat we all live inan environment that we sharewith other peoplePOLICE SHOT AND KILLED THAT DOGAFTER THE ATTACK. WESHOULD NOTE -- THE OWNER OF THEDOG HAS NOT BEEN CHARGEDWITH ANY WRONG DOING AND THEREHAS BEEN NO SUGGESTION THEDOG WAS ABUSED. POLICE ARECONTINUING THEIRINVESTIGATION THOUGH -- TO TRYAND DETERMINE WHAT -- IFANYTHING -- MIGHT HAVE SPARKEDTHE ATTACK.